The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-02-12
Correspondence Baltiniost CS,untv Union.
LETTER FROM bA'i.TrMoRr
Newspaper Th,evss--The Rapid Strides
we are Making Prominent Citizen
Hl-The 6'drking" Case, sc.
BALTIMORE, February sth. 1873


BALTIMORE, February Sth, 1887.
Messrs Editors = One of tho meanest, most
contemplate kinds of thieving, perhaps, under
any circumstances is that of stealing a persons
newspaper, especially the morning, when one has
peen reading it for long series of years and reg
ularly looks to it for tho news. 1t has become
daily visitor which he looks for regularly as he
does his breakfast and with as much zest. 1t
comes to us now in these days of lightning util-
lied electricity-telegraphs and other appliances,
containing the very latest news from ali parts of
the habitable globe. From some places we seem
to be actually ahead of time, owing to position
of longitude and latitude. Back in olden times
before the discovery of the telegraph, even within
the memory of many still living, 1t took three or
four weeks to hear from Europe. This was before
the introduction of ocean steam navigation. 1t
was longer time, too, to get advices from Egypt,
India, China, Japan, from Africa-that benghted
part of the woodland various other places
Then when it did come it was almost superseded
by old, losing its interest and freshness. We
far from being up with the times and obliged to
wait, taking what we could get. The truth is we
did not live so fast in anything. We would take
what we could get and wait for more. We did
not anticipate SO much or so vigorously, and per-
haps were as we'll off in the end, all things con-
sidered, now in this fast age of lightning, rail-
roads, steamboats, and occasionally balloons. We
have the world now, as it were in nutshell, and
can look upon it all at once and get advices from
every part in the same moment of time. We
actually become uneasy if we do not hear every
minute, or when we want, from any part of the
globe. This nineteenth century is ahead of all
others that we know of and stands out of all pre-
vious ones in everything in art science, literature
and all else within the range of science. We are
scarcely astonished at anything. We are certain
ly in progressive age which requires your cor
respondent to get his newspaper every morning,
and he feels much disappointed when he fails to
do So as he has done several times of late at hav
ing it stolen from the door where he has found it
regularly. Let me hope the thief may be caught
and effectualy punished or reformed by the pro-
gress of events and learn that it is always better
to do right than wrong and not steal it again.
give this advice gratuitously.
There is some talk of "small cloths" coming In
fashion again. They are already, to some extent
adopted in several cities of the West, chief OF
which is Chicago. They certainly have many ad-
vantages ! remember my father had solid pair
of knee buckles and other trappings which he wore
with them when he was young man. They
looked very well. would have no objection to
seeing them again the fashion, for trial at least
Padding will supercede the lack of full turned
shanks with young men.
Judge Henry Clay Dallam, prominently known
as Baltimorean, an officer of the City Tax Court,
and secretary to the McDonogh Institute School,
is now at his residence in this city very i'll with
asthma and heart disease. He has been ailing for
some time and very slight hopes are entertained
of his recovery. He, in fact, may not last many
days. He has really been indisposed more or less
over two years. He is well known and very high
ly respected and useful citizen. l have known
him many years. lie has been active friend
of the McDonogb Institute In every way, taking
deep interest in it. Heis about sixty years of age
His father was at one time member OF our City
Council.
There seems to be much excitement against
Perry and Hawkins, who were connected with the
Mrs. Brown murder. Perry was acquitted but ne
cannot remain in the city. The colored people are
down on him and think he should have been con-
victed. So far, however, as 1 view the evidence
the Judge could not have done otherwise than re-
lease him, though guilty in some respects. It's
hateful case.
As general thing this is the most dreary and
disagreeable period of the year. 1t has been par
ticuiarly SO during portion of January and thus
far in February. 1t is time when business gen.
orally is dull in almost everything. In the coun-
try very little is doing. We have neither one
thing nor the other. 1t has been cloudy portion
of nearly every day. The fog to-day is thick
enough to cut with knife and navigation much
interrupted by it. We may have the greater part
of the month as it is now. However, there are
those who think there will be pleasant spring
when it does come. We can't depend on January
and February.
Ex-Gov. St. John has been here and lectured on
temperance. He had full house and hope has
been instrumental in doing good. Let him do
what he can for the cause. I fear, however, we
will get entirely rid of intoxication until we
can find nothing to get intoxicated upon.
1 notice that Hon. George Cotton, president of
our Police Board, will lecture on "Woman, her
heroism and her love-" at Annapolis, on the Oath
inst. The subject is good one and have no
doubt of its being Interestingly discussed. Mr..
Cotton is an admirable lecturer. He is always in
structive and good speaker. Hedoes much good,
his lectures being for the benefit of some society
or association that reap the receipts besides some
thing handsome out of his own pocket. NEsToR.